Quotes by Tony Curtis

About Tony Curtis:

Tony Curtis is also the father of actress Jamie Lee Curtis .
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At 17, I dreamed of seeing the world. At 19, I had been around the world and back.

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I joined the Navy hoping to be submariner and ended up in the sub service aboard a tender in the Pacific.

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The service meant so much to me. You don't know privileged I feel and how lucky I am to have served.

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My whole world before I joined the Navy was my neighborhood in the Bronx.

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They gave me away as a prize once - a Win Tony Curtis For A Weekend competition. The woman who won was disappointed. She'd hoped for second prize - a new stove.

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The movie business is very twisted, out of site, out of mind, you know.

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We often don't think of them, we think of the great wars and the great battles, but what about losing a son or a daughter, or a girl losing her husband or vice versa? I think of the people who never got the chance to have the opportunities I had.

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The government gave me enough money to go to acting school.

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It's such a human condition, whether you're a great track star or a great knitting person or you paint watercolors - someone knows who you are.

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I will always remember this summer day in Paris, when I was to perform a great acrobatic move. I can still see myself stepping on the ring of a packed circus along real performers.

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I used to be good friends with my depression, saying oh I'm so depressed, or life is terrible.

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But my longevity is due to my good timing.

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I'm world famous, everywhere I go there are people who love me because of I've been able to bring them some joy from the movies I've made.

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Painting is much more than therapy to me its a way of life.

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Yes I'm still working, but my life's no longer filled with it.

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Now I'm a painter. That was another opportunity I was able to pursue, I've been painting all my life, now it's become a second career because of my success in the movies.

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I've made 122 movies, and I daresay there's a picture of mine showing somewhere in the world every day.

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I've been in the movies for 50 years, I've made 130 some-odd movies.

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Author Bio

  • NameTony Curtis
  • DescriptionAmerican film actor
  • BornJune 3, 1925
  • DiedSeptember 29, 2010
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Film Actor; Writer; Painter